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February jobs report: weak employment gains

[unable to retrieve full-text content]but some 3+ year highs in unemployment metrics  – by New Deal democrat My question over the past year has been whether “decleration” would turn into “deterioration.” For a “soft landing,” deceleration would need to end, and the numbers stabilize, vs. continuing to deteriorate towards an actual downturn.  The verdict this month was mixed. On the […] The post February jobs report: weak...

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More Slow Growth

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Economically weighted ISM indexes for February indicate continued slow growth  – by New Deal democrat Because manufacturing is now of much less importance to the economy than in the decades before the Millennium, I now use a weighted average of the ISM services index (75%) as well as manufacturing (25%) as the primary forecasting tool. […] The post More Slow Growth appeared first on Angry Bear.

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Threatening the World with Tariffs

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I am finding there are a greater degree of politics going on in economic commentaries. Maybe it was always there and I was just missing it? A bit of Paul Krugman this Wednesday morning on Global Trade and Tariffs. Trump’s threatens countries with tariffs if they do not bow to him and do as he […] The post Threatening the World with Tariffs appeared first on Angry Bear.

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